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S. 704: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-25 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025
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Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and increases funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). This Natural Resources Conservation Service program provides state and tribal governments competitive grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held land (i.e., farm, ranch, and forest land) to allow public access for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreation. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2029 VPA-HIP funding to encourage public access to land covered by wetland reserve easements through agreements with states and tribal governments.
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Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 5 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s704.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>
Record fed-us-cong119-s704 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills